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  • The Only Thing to Hate is “HATE” Itself

    May all beings be happy and well.May no harm or difficulties come to them.May they live in peace and harmony. —Gautama Buddha, Mettā Sutta, the Loving-Kindness Sutra Let’s put our hands together, bow our heads, and reflect for a moment on the lives lost, the anguish of the loved ones left behind, and the fear…

  • Be True to Yourself, Be NamoAmidaButsu! 

    “Saying the Name is in itself mindfulness; mindfulness is the nembutsu; the nembutsu is Namu-amida-butsu.” —Shinran-shōnin (1173-1263), Passages on the Pure Land Way Collected Works of Shinran, Vol. 1, p. 296 “Be true to yourself” is a fashionable expression of the philosophy of not worrying about pleasing other people, living up to someone else’s standards,…

  • “There’s Too Much Time”

    When I consider deeply the Vow of Amida, which arose from five kalpas of profound thought, I realize that it was entirely for the sake of myself alone! Then how I am filled with gratitude for the Primal Vow, in which Amida resolved to save me, though I am burdened with such heavy karma. Shinran…

  • “A Mother’s Tears” Memorial Day Dharma Talk 2021

    Rev. Kerry reflects upon the Dharma reality-as-it-is that Memorial Day begins and ends with “A Mother’s Tears”. Full text of the Dharma Talk is below the video. This Dharma Talk was recorded LIVE FROM MAKAWAO! at Makawao Hongwanji Buddhist Temple on Maui on May 30, 2021. Let us live happily then, hating none while in…

  • Nembutsu Smiles

    Let us begin by reflecting upon the wisdom, the Dharma, of Shinran Shōnin, founder of Jodo Shin Buddhism and the Hongwanji tradition. Persons who truly realize shinjinas they say Amida’s NameBeing mindful of Buddha always,Wish to respond in gratitude to the great benevolence. Shinran ShōninHymns of the Dharma Ages, verse 30The Collected Works of Shinran,…

  • “A Great Torch in the Dark Night of Ignorance”

    Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii Online Dharma Message on November 1, 2020: “A Great Torch in the Dark Night of Ignorance”. Grateful for the opportunity to give an Online Dharma Message today—because it means I woke up not dead! In reflection, everything in my life has led me to this moment, every person I encountered…